All right, just a very quick early update this morning to follow up on that Star Trek movie Blu-ray post from yesterday. We’ve checked in with our sources – both officially and unofficially – and have confirmed that the classic Star Trek feature film Blu-rays that Paramount is reissuing on 4/30 are in fact the very same discs they’ve released previously. These are just single-film editions of the same discs that were released in the 2009 box set. None are new transfers and all are just the theatrical cuts only. We know – Bones is grumpy about it too. We had a feeling the press site was incorrect and that its indications that The Motion Picture was the Director’s Cut were too good to be true. We’d hoped that the studio might take the opportunity afforded by the May theatrical release of Star Trek Into Darkness to re-issue the classic Trek films on Blu-ray with better HD transfers and maybe include the existing director’s cuts at some point, but that’s clearly not happening yet. We’ll let you know if anything changes.

In the meantime, Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three and Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Best of Both Worlds are definitely coming to Blu-ray on 4/30 (the latter isn’t available for pre-order yet from Amazon in the U.S. but we’ll let you know when it is). And obviously, Star Trek: Enterprise – Season One is officially announced for Blu-ray release on 3/26. Here’s a look at the cover art for each of those confirmed releases…

One other quick bit of release news today: Holy Motors is set for Blu-ray and DVD release on 2/26 from Indomina Releasing.

Contact Bill Hunt

Name*

Please type your full name.

Email*

Invalid email address.

Message*

Please send us a message.

Invalid Input

Loading...

About Bill Hunt

Bill Hunt is the Editor in Chief of The Digital Bits, and the co-author (with Todd Doogan) of the Amazon Top 50 selling book The Digital Bits: Insiders Guide to DVD. Hunt founded The Bits in 1997, in the early days of the DVD format,…

The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of The Digital Bits, Inc. All logos, images, names and trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.